Chinese 2008 is a series of concise handbooks for practical Chinese communication. It includes 5 separate books: Basic Chinese - Daily Chinese - Travel Chinese - Sports Chinese - Transportation ChineseThe target readers are those foreigners who come to China to travel, study or work, and those who hope to learn Chinese and explore China. Its goal is to provide instant help to readers in their everyday communication during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In addition, it can serve as a textbook for short-term adult training programs. The authors of all five books are experienced teachers of Chinese as a foreign language at Peking University. The series has been developed on the basis of real life in contemporary China during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Whole-sentence-input is the principle underlying the organization of the series. This series includes 600 frequently used Chinese sentences, and 300 situational conversations, which should be able to cover the basic needs of our foreign friends in their daily communication in China.Each book comprises 20 lessons. Each lesson consists of four parts: "Basic Sentences", "Dialogues", "Additional Expressions", and "Tips". Printed as small paper-backs, the books will be convenient and easy to carry.There are 8 language versions of this series:Chinese-English, Chinese-Japanese, Chinese-Korean, Chinese-French, Chinese-German, Chinese-Spanish, Chinese-Russian and Chinese-Arabic. Each volume includes a MP3-CD.This is the Chinese-German language version.